Wahab Riaz puts Pakistan in charge against England in third Test at Oval

Pakistan are on top after a superb bowling display by debutant Wahab Riaz on the first day of the third Test.

Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz salutes the crowd after taking five wickets against England at the Oval

Andrew Strauss chose to bat after winning the toss at the Brit Oval but his side were blown away by left-arm seamer Riaz, who finished with five for 63 as England slumped to 94 for seven shortly after lunch.

Matt Prior , top scorer with an unbeaten 84, rebuilt the innings in an eighth-wicket partnership of 119 with Stuart Broad , but England were eventually all out for 233.

And despite the loss of opener Imran Farhat to James Anderson shortly before the close, Pakistan are in a strong position on 48-1.

England, 2-0 ahead in the four-Test series, were in trouble at lunch on 70-5 after Pakistan ripped through the top order in cloudy conditions.

Riaz led the way with three for 16, starting with the prize scalp of Strauss, edging behind to recalled wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.

That came after Alastair Cook’s poor form continued as he scored six before edging Mohammad Asif to Akmal. Riaz made it two wickets in 11 balls when Jonathan Trott was caught by Yasir Hameed for just 12.

Paul Collingwood only made five before chopping a Mohammad Aamer delivery onto his stumps and Kevin Pietersen edged Riaz to Akmal.

Pakistan picked up where they left off after the interval when Riaz gave Akmal his fourth catch as Eoin Morgan went for 17. Graeme Swann then lasted just 12 balls before edging Asif to Umar Akmal at third slip.

Prior and Broad came together to share a century stand but their resistance was broken when Broad went for 48, trapped lbw by Riaz.

Anderson fell leg before to Asif but the last pair Steven Finn and Prior added a further 19 before the seamer was lbw to Saeed Ajmal.